Friday, December 21, 2012

Can I Take a Space Flight?

Numerous commercial enterprises exist that will eventually provide
competitively priced access to spaceflight experiences for paying
customers. With spaceports construction under way, bookings are already
taking place. Physicians can in future expect patients to ask questions
and request clearance processes (such as fitness to fly certificates)
for space travel as they do for commercial airplane flights today.

Here, we provide some background to the field of space medicine for
non-experts and point to resources for clinicians when a patient
presents with requests related to space travel.